<p>sorry to nitpick - did you mean the interviewer gives you a score (one score decided by faculty and student) or did you miss the 's' and mean that each of the interviewers give you a score?</p>
<p>wow nice scores mea! I don't like that ranking system because I dont' know how I did on my interview but my stats were all pretty good...but I guess that's the easiest way to decide who gets in, because everybody who applied is freakin brilliant (well, almost). Wish they judged you holistically though...</p>
<p>HPME is my dream school
it won't matter if I get in all the ivies or top schools (unless I get to choose between HPME and Brown PLME but I'd prolly go to HPME b/c it has a better med school)
can you guys elaborate on the questions the interviewers asked you???</p>
<p>I agree with neom - a system by the numbers is never the best way to go, I think...(and thanks, neom : )!)</p>
<p>hannanaq:</p>
<p>from what my fuzzy memory can remember: why I want to be a doctor; greatest challenge i've faced; where else I applied (hmm...); what experiences I've had that encouraged me to become a doctor; any particular field I was interested in; what I do in school (they wanted lots of elaboration - my faculty interviewer was definitely there to help me, nitpicking at anything that sounded remotely impressive. </p>
<p>I think I also got some questions on my academic curriculum. Not sure.</p>
<p>The interviewer has a sheet of qs, two sided, about 10 qs? Each q gets a numerical score. Around one of the last questions an ethical question is posed. Mine wasn't medical or anything, it was more how I would react in a situation that questioned my integrity/responsibility. Don't worry about it ;) ... it was probably the easiest question.</p>
<p>Other questions I was asked (but i think was more friendly chitchat) was where I was from, what it was like there, why I wasn't staying where I am for uni, how I liked chicago.</p>
<p>'Props' (I'm a xangan, evidently) to you for your enthusiasm in HPME. Evanston is gorgeous (Chicago's not bad either), and every person I met there was just incredibly nice and easy to get along with. Best of luck!</p>
<p>thanks mea and best of luck to u too b/c ur decision is prolly on the way and hopefully its an acceptance
ne one else???</p>
<p>my experience was pretty much identical to mea's. The interviewers for HPME each have a sheet of paper with questions to ask, and, for the most part, they will just follow the sheet. Two questions I remember distinctly were "what's your greatest strenght", and "what's your greatest weakness?" </p>
<p>I also had that ethical question. It was funny, my interviewer said "Ok, now here's a stupid question they want me to ask you..." Sounds like a big deal, but wasn't at all. </p>
<p>NOTHING to be nervous about with these interviews!</p>
<p>haha, mr_sanguine - yea, my interviewer was like "bleh, ok, here why don't you take a look at this."</p>
<p>ooh, i got asked about my weakness too.</p>
<p>after HPME offers u an interview, do they end their decision by looking at how u performed in ur interview or do they go back and compare ur stats to the other finalists again???
is the interview a way only to distinguish the nerdy, no personality people from the out-spoken and articulate people who have a good personality???
how do they make the cuts from the interview???</p>
<p>lol there's PLENTY to be nervous about! haha but don't listen to me, i just have a bad feeling about my HPME acceptance and I need somebody to tell me to calm down</p>
<p>yeah i remember the interviewer coming to the ethical question and going, "and here's a question i'm APPARENTLY supposed to ask you so here goes" didn't seem very interested in it...but wish i could've thought it out more</p>
<p>i just think too much, so i keep replaying my interview back in my mind and wishing i could've said something better. is anybody having the same experience?</p>
<p>lol neom just take a deep breath and relax. you prolly did fine.</p>
<p>Anybody get the feeling that CC does bad things to our mind? Put several hundred of the nation's most talented, neurotic, dedicated, obsessive, intelligent, compulsive students in the same room together and let them hit it off! I just wandered over to the Harvard room and read things about "suicidal thoughts" or "dreams DESTROYED" after getting deferred and....wow. ppl have to chill. (and that includes me, I know)</p>
<p>man I know it's common around CC, but I wish we could just stop posting stats and making ourselves look good. People that might not have the privileges or talents as others end up feeling bad about themselves (I speak from experience and observation). I wish we could recognize each other's strengths and realize we're all in this together.</p>
<p>I don't know. Maybe I'm just "jealous" of other people's achievements, though deep down I don't think I am...but I'm not sure. And maybe I'll get criticized for not following my own advice, because I too am anxious to hear my HPME results. I know college is really important to everybody on CC. It's important to me too. But we have to relax. Do activities because we LOVE to do them (and I know many of the people here probably DO love what they do). Stop padding our resumes with half-hearted awards/achievements and stop freaking out. Worrying is fine - everybody worries sometimes - but freaking out about this whole ordeal is detrimental to your mental (and physical) health. I don't have the solution to this anxiety. I'm still trying to stay calm myself. So...what do we do?</p>
<p>neom3x11, I agree with you 100%. waiting for HPME reply along with CC's forums is a stressful combo. You know... it's funny... we all claim ourselves to be some of the brightest and most motivated students in the country, but look at where all this brings us? Why does the desire to help relieve human suffering as physicians and/or medical researchers drives ourselves to suffer? why and how have statistics become more important than who we are? </p>
<p>I think it's important to transcend the dry statistics and look at who we really are (hopefully not a bunch of numbers), how we got here (hopefully through genuine passion), and what we strive to become. I know it's hard, and it's compelling to compare stats and try to figure out what our chances are ( I have done it too ;-) ), but really should try to look at who we really are. That being said, I'm sure each and every one of us is going to go to medical school in one way or another (combined program or not), so let's try to remember: what matters most is not the name/color/sticker price/so called reputation/chances for a big residence (although they matter too), but the knowledge that we will gain which we will use to help people during our life (and maybe beyond).</p>
<p>PS: best of luck to us all, and if northwestern rejects anyone of us, let that person be sorry... no not for himself--let him be sorry for Northwestern, Feinberg, and all the bunch for losing an opportunity to attract a brilliant mind :))</p>
<p>hehe well said</p>
<p>well said, parparblue. I forget where I heard this from, but "suffering is a part of life"! Perhaps it's better that we suffer now than have our patients suffer in the future. That's a sacrifice that doctors must take.</p>
<p>Neo, I disagree! I think it boils down to the nature of reinforcement that works best to make good doctors--which is better: constant stress, worrying, endless hours, and relentless competition and motivation through tough grading or a more relaxed environment which motivates its student through positive encouragements and fosters cooperation rather than competition. I think the best option is a mix between the two and closer to the positve encouragement option. </p>
<p>Think about it like this: let's say a patient in a critical condition comes to the ER and he can die at any minute, do you think he would want his doctors, when trying to communicate in order to save his life, trying to overcome various subconscious rivalries over MCAT scores ages ago and stopping in the middle of the operation to argue who is a better surgeon (bringing their high school SAT 1, SAT 2, SAT WHO CARES scores)?</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>i think buckwald mighta posted this once in another forum - just found these online that sorta answer's the OP's original q (tho i don't know when these were from):</p>
<p>HPME
Admitted Student Profile </p>
<p>Top 1% of high school class</p>
<p>SAT 1 verbal 760</p>
<p>SAT 1 math 775</p>
<p>ACT composite 34</p>
<p>SAT II Chem. 765</p>
<p>SAT II Writing 750</p>
<p>SAT II Math 2C 785</p>
<p>well, parparblue, i'm not saying there SHOULD be suffering. Your description of a "a more relaxed environment which motivates its student through positive encouragements and fosters cooperation rather than competition" brought a smile to my face - that's my dream in terms of an academic/work atmosphere in which to thrive. but sometimes there IS suffering and doctors have to accept it, you know? test scores...hate them!</p>
<p>(heh you're the first person to call me neo instead of neom like everybody else, good job)</p>
<p>Just wanted to thank everybody for calming me down these past few days lol I'm ecstatic right now...</p>
<p>congrats and yay, neom (jumping between this and the 'Northwestern HPME' thread - but a congrats can never be said too many times).</p>
<p>I've been accepted too!</p>
<p>I'm really not comfortable with posting my full stats/personal information, but feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Yea i'm not comfortable posting my full stats either, feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Congrats mea!</p>